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https://vimeo.com/768538737 https://vimeo.com/768538990 https://vimeo.com/768539181 I had the pleasure of art directing these three Fallout spots with Laundrymat.tv and for Bethesda. The talent on this job was exceptional and we got a loooot of work done very quickly. Client: Bethesda ECD: PJ Richardson Creative Director: Brian Covalt Art Director: Mike Ricca EP: Matthew Primm Managing Director: James Sweigert Head of Production: Pip Malone Producer: Grace Jensen Coordinator: Nick Scandura Senior Editor - Justin Freedman Editors - Chris Tow, Elliot Barbernell, 2D Animators - Christine Le, Adam Lawrence, Michael Foran compositing - Christine Le, Adam Lawrence, Michael Foran, Sigrun Hreins, Trae Sjogren Illustration - HyunJung Yi, Nick DeStefano, Yuja Lee, Pola Lucas, AJ Frena

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https://vimeo.com/768538473   This miller bumper was a revamp and style update from another spot they did years ago. I art directed and knocked out allot of the animation with the team at Laundrymat.tv. Roll: AD, Animation lead CD: Brian Covalt, ECD: Tonie Liu Producer: Valerie Kenniston Edotor, Effects Animator: Gabe Crown animators: Shuyun Xiao, Design: Whitney Lam

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Earlier this year I worked with Nathan Love on these Got Milk spots. I animated a bunch of little bumpers as well and helping with some rigging and effects. Role: animator, comp artist Client: Got Milk Studio: Nathan Love Director: Joe Burrascano Animators: Mike Ricca,  Joey Gasiorek Rigger:  Joey Gasiorek

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My friend Lauren directed this little short for Holler.io and I got to animate this little explosion. full video here:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiiBN77t8l-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link   Role: effects animator Directed and animated by Lauren Gramprey Backgrounds   Rebekie Bennington   https://www.instagram.com/rebekie.b.art/?hl=en

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This is glitch dog. He’s a little test I did for some Idents while AD’ing at laundrymat.tv. one of these days id love to animate this excited little dude.

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here is a little Ident I art directed and animated for Laundrymat.tv 

Roll: AD, Animator animation support: Gabe Crown, Marybeth Morgan

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Myself and a buddy Mike Foran had a blast animating Funshine Bear in this spot for Alaska Airlines working with the team over at Art Jail!

Full credits in Vimeo link!

https://vimeo.com/747019845

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This is a piece I animated for for Kona Beer earlier this year with Landrymat.tv 

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/746992788

Role: Lead animator/compositor Studio: Laundrymat.tv CD: Jayson Whitmore EP: Monica Reimold  Producer: Lucas Bertoli Animation: myself, Jessica Milazzo Designer: Yuying Herr 

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I ANIMATED A SANTA! don’t watch too long... might make you a little car sick.

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I animated this pumpkin for Halloween!!!

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https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/624524874 I'm happy to share the Best Buy "back to football" spot I got to lead at MPC LA. I rigged the characters with Limber, joysticks and Sliders, Duik and a few other little plug-ins and I really had a blast getting to develop the movement style of these heavy boys running around. I animated the first 5 shots or so and Arley Cornell animated the last 3 big actions shots. and the character design was Jarom Vogel.  

Credits  Director: Rob Hodgson Producer: Ciaran Birks Flame Lead: Noah Caddis Character Illustration: Jarom Vogel 2D animation: Mike Ricca, Arley Cornell Editor: Lance Pereira

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I animated the first half of this with @laundry_studios for META last year. We were exploring the limited animation/illustration style that they are still using across the board for their global Meta rebrand. Client: Facebook ECD: Tony Liu ECD: PJ Richardson Head of Production: Matthew Primm Executive Producer: Monica Reimold Producer: Valerie Kenniston Coordinator: Wyatt Winokur, AJ Goodman Art Director - Michelle Grepo Art Director - Yoojin Seol Designer - Yeri Lee Designer - Whitney Lam Designer - Emily Roberts Designer - Sally Kang Designer - Holly Jolley Animator - Mike Ricca Animator - Anne Calandre Animator - Vasil Hnatiuk Animator - Gerardo Gonzalez Animator - Geoff Ciccarelli Senior Editor - Justin Freedman Editor - Alex Hendriks

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I’ve been super into doing these quick color comp characters lately. It’s like a bite size design treat, haha

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Lifetime Movie Network: Unhappily Ever After

Client | LMN Studio | Cause+Effect Roll | Art Director/ animator

CREDITS Executive Producer | Jason Zemlicka Chief Creative Officer | Jamie Hubbard Art Director | Mike Ricca Producer | Steve Figueiredo Animators | Mike Ricca, Mike Foran Editor | Hernan Bornas

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Lifetime Movie Network: Deadly Resolutions Redux   This campaign was for New years 2019 and was a equal spot to a campaign I worked on in 2017. (https://mikericca.com/post/168911387052) 

this was a super quick turn around, about two weeks but we had allot of creative control as long as we stayed within the visual language of the world we had built in 2017. was super fun, also 

Client | LMN  Studio | Cause+Effect Roll | Art Director / animator Creative Director/CCO | Jamie Hubbard Producer | Steve Figueiredo Animators/designers | Mike Foran, Vanessa Appleby Editor | Hernan Bornas

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These are my illustrations for a pitch I put together for an animated series of shorts showcasing how despite the broad nature of a certain company’s business they still work together. How the different departments access each other and are able to build on each departments assets and abilities instead of building redundant teams. The challenge was to produce a campaign that was modular enough to tell multiple stories while utilizing a library of assets. With heavy restrictions on both time and budget we moved forward with building a design concept that personified the vast breath of the company while showing how it can work as a unified entity.  I like how the design came together but in the end they ended up shelving the project. 

Roll | Art Director / Designer Studio | Cause + Effect CD | Jamie Hubbard 

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this is a little animation that I made for inktober. animated if flash (read: animate) and did some reeaaall quick comp work in AE.